3/17 – Injera is Better With Friends
226 miles. Actually, that should read Tempe, AZ. My check engine light came on and flicked off three times today. I checked the engine and oil level and there was no apparent reason for the light. Then, Tim suggested perhaps it was due to lower octane fuel. I realized...
3/16 – Topes Will Get Me Yet
238 miles. Speed bumps in Mexico, or topes, are not always well indicated. Also, I have not hit my taco wall yet, but it’s time to go back to the U.S. Hello, Yuma, AZ! I evicted a pink tailed lizard for my camping spot off Ogilby Rd. I hoped...
3/15 – What Luxury
Joined in with fellow hostel stayers for a group tour of the wineries outside Ensenada. What a luxury, to play tourist for the day and be driven around in a van, stepping out just to take photos and drink!...
3/14 – Swiss to the Rescue
My guts were roiling all day and I needed proximity to a reliable toilet. I took the opportunity to rest at the hostel and use their limitless and speedy (by comparison!) wifi, while Susanne and Matthew took the bus to La Bufadora....
3/13 – Baja Head
212 miles. I meet many new people, but it’s not often I get to see repeat faces. I was happy to see Susanne again at Ensenada Backpacker! Solo cyclist extraordinaire and fellow extended travel person, we shared a room with when I first passed through Ensenada. We met some...
3/12 – Tamales and Spaghetti
52 miles, round trip to the first restaurant I found open for lunch. It was Cinco Islas, fresh fish tacos, with owner/operator Augustine. Dinner with new friends, Mike, Kristin, Don, and Mary. Such kindness! Time slips away in a place like Puertecitos....
3/11 – Tide Pool Hot Springs
162 miles. The 24 miles of dirt from where I turned off of Mex-1 for Mex-5, via Coco’s Corner, took me 4 hours including rest time. When I found pavement again, I spurred the scoot along at 70mph – it was the sweetest pavement in all of Mexico. The...
3/10 – Whale of a time!
I hopped a ride with Mauro and Alessandro in Mauro’s 1971 Toyota camper! They had supplies to pick up in town, I had baby whales to pet. The camper has a top speed of maybe 40mph, making for a slow, beautiful sunset ride back to Mauro’s Posada....
3/9 – Desert Pit Stop
184 miles. At Maxine-Rose’s request, I have a second drawing from today too, of us hanging out at Mauro’s Posada....
3/8 – All in a day’s riding
132 miles....